Meeting Announcement

Cuban Hot Spots 2017
January 28 – 30, 2017
Havana and Beyond

We are in the early planning stages for a conference to be held in Cuba in late January 2017 and are inviting you to consider joining us.  This will be a person-to-person meeting between U.S. and Cuban dermatologists.  As you know, many CME meetings are underwritten by PhRMA.  The speakers are hired guns who preach the message of their handlers: usually, the use of branded, expensive products. Cuba, today, can not afford biologics for most patients.

We intend to gather a group of dermatologists (and a few others) who want to share some of their experiences with our Cuban colleagues.  While Cuba has many well-trained physicians, they have not had access to the technological tools that we utilize hourly in the U.S.  Our speakers will share their experience.

All participants (including the organizers) of Cuban Hot Spots will pay their own way.  We do not provide travel stipends or honoraria.  We have enlisted the help of Jose R. Ruiz, a young Cuban doctor, to coordinate the program with us.  He will help too make this symposium unique.

We will limit the size of our group to keep Cuban Hot Spots amiable.  If you wish to reserve a place for 2017 please let us know.  A $100 nonrefundable fee will reserve a spot. The deposit money will be used for textbooks and other supplies for physicians and clinics that we will send down to the island.

Abrazos,

David Elpern

Douglas Johnson

George Reizner